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16th March 2010, 07:26 PM
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Emergency checks for Qantas, Virgin Blue 737 planes
apparently there is a problem with the horizontal stabilizer.The order was issued following an incident on March 2 when a Ryanair 737-800 en route from the Netherlands to Madrid experienced severe vibrations and had to make an unscheduled landing in Belgium.The full story is on news.com.au
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16th March 2010, 08:04 PM
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The FAA and EASA have released Emergency Airworthiness Directive AD 2010-06-51 requiring operators of about 600 Boeing 737-600, 737-700, 737-800 and 737-900 aircraft to inspect the elevator tab control mechanisms for any slacknesses within the time frame given by the according service bulletin by the Boeing Company released on March 12th, which requires part of the inspections to be completed within 12, the rest within 30 days.
If such slackness is found, a replacement elevator tab control mechanism is to be inspected in the same way and if found without deficiencies be installed on the aircraft before releasing the airplane to flight again. No special flight permits are available until the EAD is complied with. The results of the inspections are to be reported to Boeing and the FAA. The EAD follows an inflight encounter, which resulted in severe vibrations,
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